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The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has confirmed that Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the current director-general, is the sole candidate for the position as she rounds up her first term. The world renowned technocrat expressed her willingness to serve a second four-year term on September 16. This is according to a statement released on Saturday by the WTO. […]
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The newly appointed Director General of the World Trade Organisation, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala resumes work today in Geneva, Switzerland and is already dealing with racial and gender discrimination. On the 11th of February, ‘Donnerstag‘, a Swiss newspaper published an article titled “This Grandmother will become the new boss of WTO.” Protesting the article, Linda Klare-Repnik, […]
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Biden will very likely endorse Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as new WTO DG soon as South Korean Trade Minister, Yoo Myung-Hee has formally withdrawn from the race. Okonjo-Iweala is the only remaining candidate for the job, a situation that has members left with no choice than to approve her appointment. A statement by Korea’s Trade Ministry today, […]
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The US government has advanced reasons why it opposed the emergence of Nigeria’s former Finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as the new Director General of the World Trade Organisation (DG WTO). The US Office of the representative on WTO made this known in a statement on Wednesday. In what many considered a landslide victory for the […]
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Nigeria’s former Finance Minister, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has remained consistently optimised about landing the WTO top Job. Top picks for the job besides her, is another woman, Kenya’s former foreign Minister who holds the country’s Sports, Culture and Heritage Ministry, Amina Mohamed as well as candidates from Egypt, South Korea, Mexico, Moldova and Britain. Nominations […]
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